A silver lining

Despite the Saudi Arabian consulate tricking me into signing the body over to them with just a verbal promise that I would get to say goodbye, to help erase the terrifying image I was stuck with after being the one to discover him, and despite their attempts to block me, I decided to take no for an answer and showed up at the medical examiner’s office, where a lesbian took pity on me and slipped me an address against the rules. I showed up to that funeral home and cried and begged and received a miracle. Miss Gloria of Integrity Funeral Services in Ybor made sure I got more than I could even ask for. I got to visit him as long as I wanted and even got to take him to the airport in the hearse. And getting to say goodbye to him in his most peaceful state fix those nightmares of walking into that scene. I owe that lady my sanity and what an angel for going above and beyond for not a dime for just a stranger